Full Description
Written by a lawyer and criminologist with teaching experience in both fields, "Criminal Law, Sixth Edition", provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date criminal law text available, covering all of the traditional areas of law and illustrating them with recent events. Unlike most criminal law texts, this text covers misdemeanors as well as felonies. The sixth edition covers the latest topics, including "three strikes you're out" laws, hate crimes, home invasion, posttraumatic stress disorders as defenses, and truth in sentencing. Coverage of traditional topics, such as murder, is updated with recent changes, such as the definition of death and inclusion of a fetus as a "person."
Contents
Chapter 1Chapter 3: Anticipatory Offenses and Parties to Crimes Chapter 4: Defenses to Criminal Liability: Part I Chapter 5: Defenses to Criminal Liability: PartII Chapter 6: Crimes against the Person: Part I Chapter 7: Crimes against the Person: Part II Chapter 8: Crimes against the Person: Part III Chapter 9: Property and Related Crimes Chapter 10: Crimes against Public Order, Morality, and the Administration of Government Chapter 11: Drug-Related Crimes Chapter 12: Sentencing and the Criminal Law Glossary Appendix A: The U.S. Constitution Appendix B: How to Read a Case Citation Case Index Name Index Subject Index
